Word: poling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...angels. From then on the history of Portugal became a kaleidoscopic cavalcade of conquest, exploration, staggering defeat, decline, intrigue and adversity. With barely 1,500,000 inhabitants, by Papal Bull Portugal in 1494 divided the entire world with Spain, drawing an imaginary line from the North to the South Pole 370 leagues west of Cape Verde and leaving all land discovered west of it to Spain, while taking all to the east for herself...
...Jerome Her man Dean, sometimes Jay Hanna Dean) and his birthplace (either Texas or Oklahoma). But he was crystal clear about the fact that "Me'n' Paul" (his younger brother who joined the Cardinals two years later) were the two best pitchers south of the North Pole. In 1934 he boasted that "Me'n' Paul" together would win 45 games for the Cardinals (they...
This sounds like a nonsense riddle, but it isn't. The only place on earth from which you can walk 15 miles south, then 15 miles east, and still be only 15 miles from the starting point, is the North Pole. Hence the bear must have been a polar bear-therefore white...
...contestants. But, since luck is as important as skill, stamina and mechanical endurance at Indianapolis, even the most enthusiastic Shavian gave him little chance to repeat, especially in a field that included such highhearted and heavy-footed drivers as young Rex Mays, who earned the favored pole position with his top qualifying speed; Kelly Petillo, only other onetime winner (1935); 44-year-old Cliff Bergere, Hollywood stunt man who finished in the money seven times in twelve starts; Mauri Rose, 1936 national champion; Ted Horn, among the first five for the past four years; and Joel Thorne, daredevil New York...
FIELD EVENTS Pole Vault (Trials and Final)2:00 Shot Put (Final) 2:00 Javelin Throw (Final) 2:45 High Jump (Trials and Final) 3:00 Discus Throw (Final) 3:00 Broad Jump (Final) 3:00 Hammer Throw (Final) 3:30 TRACK EVENTS 120-yd. High Hurdles (Semi-Finals) 2:45 100-yd. Dash (Semi-Finals) 2:55 One Mile Run 3:05 120-yd. High Hurdles (Heat for extra qualifiers) 3:15 440-yd. Run (Final) 3:25 120-yd. High Hurdles (Final) 3:35 100-yd. Dash (Final) 3:45 Two Mile...